--- title: How many hours did Nigel expend in the attempt to resolve the sum? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics description: How many hours did Nigel expend in the attempt to resolve the sum? Exam question 3 of lesson 649 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must work out the dragon's sleep, and the dragon turns to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/649-pg23661-part17/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/649-pg23661-part17/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must w… How many hours did Nigel expend in the attempt to resolve the sum? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many hours · **What happens:** expend, resolve · **To what, where:** attempt, sum This is exam question 3 of lesson 649 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must work out the dragon's sleep, and the dragon turns to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/649-pg23661-part17/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e3:1 # text = How many hours did Nigel expend in the attempt to resolve the sum? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Nigel Nigel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 expend expend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 resolve resolve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expend** | past · do-support | many hours | | | the attempt | | | tree rules | | 2 | **resolve** | to-infinitive | many hours *not said here* | the sum | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e3:o1:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e3:o2:1 # text = Seven 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seven hours, which was an awful lot of time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e3:o3:1 # text = Seven hours, which was an awful lot of time 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 awful awful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Seven hours | a awful lot | | | time | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:e3:o4:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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